tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20809054757029383282024-03-12T17:02:23.313-07:00Mandy McGrawMandy McGrawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348654175332751213noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080905475702938328.post-49224270827677986212011-04-30T13:21:00.001-07:002011-04-30T13:38:45.559-07:00<div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My debut EP "Break" is now available for purchase! Thank you for your love and support. God bless!</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv0Au-E0p_0E12mLg0_xTrmOQojitd4lXhyzgekYr43n6cypK4sRsLVgPYepPQnoZADZBRK3iMuKTA3VdZ3GPO6H3j8_VgaEX-HyyND5RnOqBIzNFEikHQnbZUzW1G6oU-4QNEvDT5f0/s1600/FRONTANDBACKARTWORK.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 158px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcv0Au-E0p_0E12mLg0_xTrmOQojitd4lXhyzgekYr43n6cypK4sRsLVgPYepPQnoZADZBRK3iMuKTA3VdZ3GPO6H3j8_VgaEX-HyyND5RnOqBIzNFEikHQnbZUzW1G6oU-4QNEvDT5f0/s320/FRONTANDBACKARTWORK.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5601476843312825762" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'Lucida Grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:16px;"><u><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:130%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><form action="https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr" method="post"></form></div><div style="text-align: left;"><input type="hidden" name="cmd" value="_s-xclick"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><input type="hidden" name="encrypted" value="-----BEGIN PKCS7-----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-----END PKCS7-----</div><div style=">"></div><div style="text-align: left;"><input type="image" src="https://www.paypalobjects.com/WEBSCR-640-20110401-1/en_US/i/btn/btn_buynowCC_LG.gif" border="0" name="submit" alt="PayPal - 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It wasn’t until this season of my life that I realized my journey as a Christian was never promised to be easy, but that He would <i>never</i> leave my side. I learned that in order to become a woman after Christ's own image, I had to first lose my own identity, and allow God to completely remake me.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 32.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:27.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 21.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">If you feel your insufficiency, you’re exactly where He wants you; and God is close to using you as heaven intended. Just as Jesus’ will was broken in the Garden of Gethsemane preceding His crucifixion, He, being in agony, prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like great drops of blood falling from His brow to the ground. Fulfilling His purpose was painful, but necessary for the salvation of humanity.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:32.0pt; font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:27.0pt;mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align: none;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size: 21.0pt;font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">Millions are hurting, and lost. Who am I among so many, and a need so great? I’m broken, and being transformed into His image. And for now, that’s enough.</span><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:32.0pt;font-family:Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt; font-family:Georgia;mso-bidi-font-family:Georgia">In a world that’s full of glamour, self-righteousness and fame, we are called as Christ followers to defy our culture in every way. We are called to die to our flesh, personal desires and human will. We are called to <i>Break.</i></span><span style="font-size: 14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> </span><p></p> <!--EndFragment--> <p></p> <!--EndFragment-->Mandy McGrawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09348654175332751213noreply@blogger.com0